Griffiths Valuation details :: 1848-54

Click on the Griffiths Valuation Page # 160 to see a list of tenants with plot numbers to match the Griffith map.

Townland plot map

Griffith’s final published valuation of South Mayo is dated circa 1854 due to the fact that Lady De Clifford is listed as owner of Dalgan and Patrick Kirwan owned it until sold in 1853 on account of the Encumbered Estates Act.The original surveys of Shrule were carried out in late 1838 ( from surveyors letters ).

Click on the map on the left to see a larger version

The map has each renters plot numbered and recorded in the Valuation book so the exact location of your ancestors plot can be ascertained. Click on the Griffiths Valuation Ballinrobe Page # 160 to see a list of tenants with plot numbers to match the Griffith map.

Tithe Applotments :: 1828 – 38

Placenames

Field Name Book

Field Name Book description from 1838/1839 noted by the surveyors who produced the O.S maps originally.

Gurtbrack

B.S.S.M. : 18 Gort Breac , speckled field.

Gortbrack : J. 0’D,

Gorthbrack : Co. Map

Gortbrack : Inq. temp. Eliz.

Gortbracke : Inq. temp. Jac.. I.

Gortbrack : Strafford’s Survey

Situated in the south-west corner of the parish.It is bounded on the N . by the tds. of Ballycurrin and Mounthenry;
E. by Moyne td.; and S. and W. by the ph. of Killursa, in the Co. Galway.

It contains 332a. 3r. 8p., and is the property of Captain Lynch, of Ballycurrin House.
It is let to tenants at will, in farms of from 4 to 12 acres, at a yearly rent of from 16s. to 22s. per Irish acre.
The Greater part of this td. is rocks and rough boggy land. The tenants are all Catholics.

The shrule.com placename database covers the Poor Law Unions of Ballinrobe and Tuam roughly a 15 kilometer radius centered on Shrule , the townland database covers most of Connaught in lesser detail .

Find ::

When searching for a placename type some or all of the word and click search. If you are unsure of the spelling try a part of the word . For example the placename Mocharra sounds like Moharra so if you search for arra you should find it. For example a placename record ( eg Rostaff ) gives the townland ( eg Moyne ) and the civil parish ( eg Shrule ) .

Barony details available

Poor Law Unions details available

Land divisions and Administration

Go to the Map Resources page for descriptions and explanations of the land divisions used in genealogy plus explanations of terms etc…

Civil Parish Maps

There are two general index maps of the Civil Parishes , one for South Mayo and the other for North Galway . These correspond roughly to the Baronies of Kilmaine (Co Mayo ) and Clare (Co Galway) and show the civil parish boundaries and parish locations in relation to each other.